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Maintaining your Android device regularly is a must for most Android users, as you need to ensure that your smartphone has enough memory to keep on working at optimal levels. This is where some Android cleaner apps can come up clutch, as some of these apps are actually effective and help users keep their device ticking.
In this article, we will look at some of the best cleaner apps for your Android and what they bring to the table.
- Norton Clean: Like the name implies, this cleaner app was developed by the same company which is popular for its anti-virus products for PCs. This is one of the best cleaner apps out there without ads, as the app analyzes the junk file behavior of millions of apps and expunges junk files accurately.
This app also lets users get rid of pre-installed apps, while also pointing users to rarely used apps they can get rid of to free up more memory. It’s got a Play Store rating of 4.6, with over 5 million downloads currently.
- CCleaner: This Android cleaner app, which also works with Windows 10 PCs and macOS, can help you clear junk and clean your phone’s RAM. This cleaner also lets users uninstall multiple applications at the same time.
The CCleaner also helps you keep an eye on your device’s temperature with a system monitoring tool that also shows the RAM consumed by other apps on your device. One major sticky point about this cleaner is its ads, as certain users find these ads intrusive, while certain quarters also claim that this app retrieves user’s data without consent. In spite of this, it has a solid rating for cleaner apps, with a 4.7 on Play Store, while also boasting over 50 million downloads.
- Ace Cleaner: This app cleaner , which is one of the best Android cleaner apps out there, features a simple design but brings a number of features like Ace Boost, Battery Saver, Ace Clean just to name a few. These apps help to boost and maximize your Android’s performance.
It has a Play Store rating of 4.6 and over 10 million downloads.
- AVG Cleaner: AVG Cleaner is one of the better cleaning apps around, providing much needed versatility in the cleaning department. This app serves as a memory booster, a file manager and even a photo analyzer that helps to get rid of duplicate pictures.
This app also analyzes apps or games that place significant strain on your phone’s battery, as it prompts you to delete these apps or stop them. The cleaner app also has battery saver options, making it a good cleaner app. However, this app interrupts users occasionally with ads, making it rather annoying sometimes. Overall, it has a rating of 4.6 on Play Store and over 50 million downloads.
- SD Maid: This cleaner offers a range of features to help Android users properly manage their files. It is also a device storage analyzer, providing an in-depth overview of your device’s storage.
This app also lets users schedule cleaning processes, ensuring they do not interrupt important activities on the smartphone. To enjoy the app’s scheduler, you need to install the SD Maid Pro , as only its users have access to the Scheduler and a number of other features. This app currently has over 10 million downloads and a rating of 4.4 on Play Store.
Author:Alfa Baye
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If there is an underrated feature on modern smartphones, it is the ability to use a phone as a remote control. I started out with mobile phones in the era when infra-red port was a fairly common feature in phones.
You see, back in the early 2000s, infra-red was the only means to tether your phone wirelessly. If you needed to use your phone’s internet on your PC and didn’t have the cable, your only other option was infra-red.
Fast forward to 2021 and infra-red blaster is no longer common on phones. But one smartphone brand has kept the legacy alive – Xiaomi. Pick up any Xiaomi smartphone (that includes Redmi phones) and it has an infra-red port.
What appliances can you use your phone as a remote control for?
From the above screenshot from my smartphone, you can see a list of appliances that I can use my phone to control.
The list includes regular TV, Android TV, fans, smart box, set-top box, a/c, DVD player, camera, and more.
What is even nicer is that I am able to set it up to work with multiple appliances. For example, living room TV, the TV at dad’s place, the office TV, and even the random hotel room TV when I am travelling.
I am not sure why infra-red blasters are not more common on smartphones, because this is a really cool feature to have.
It is also a great prank tool. I can secretly mute the TV in a room and have everyone else wondering what happened to the TV’s audio.
Not a lot of people are expecting that anyone is able to use their smartphone to control the television set.
As already mentioned earlier, Xiaomi is the only mainstream manufacturer that still puts infra-red blasters in their smartphones by default.
That means if you want to be able to use your phone as a remote, you most likely have to buy a Xiaomi, Redmi, or POCO smartphone.
What of WiFi?
Other than that, the only other way to use your phone as a remote is via WiFi. But in this case, the TV or other appliances you want to control must have WiFi and be connected to the same network as the phone in question.
Techies will love that and have a thrill setting it up ,but I doubt that non-techie people will be thrilled about it. Plus, the available compatible appliances are still pretty limited.
In the case of infra-red, all modern TV sets have it and will work with it. It is what regular remote controls use.
What kind of television sets, A/C’s, and appliances can you control with a phone via infra-red? All kinds and all brands – Samsung, Sony, LG, Panasonic, HiSense, etc.
Infra-red is a well established wireless communication standard that every appliance manufacturer deploys in their products.
Do you need to download an app to use this cool feature? Not at all. At least, not on Xiaomi phones. There is an app called Mi Remote that is pre-installed on Xiaomi, Redmi, and POCO phones that allows you to add, configure, and control appliances.
What other brands let you use your phone as a remote?
Besides Xiaomi phones, are there any other phones with an IR blaster that are made by other brands?
Well, yes; there are. Some Huawei flagships have IR ports. These include Huawei P30 Pro and Huawei Mate 20 Pro.
TCL also has phones with an IR blaster. One of their latest models, TCL 10 Pro, is an example.
LG also has a few smartphones you can use as a remote control. As already mentioned before, there are not many phones around today that have an infra-red blasters.
No; you won’t find one on a Samsung Galaxy smartphone or an iPhone.
Can you install an IR blaster in your phone? Not at all. You can’t. It has to be built into it.
However, you can buy a USB Infra-red accessory to add that feature to your phone. It works by plugging it into your phone’s USB port a d then installing a compatible app from your phone’s app store.
I am not sure I would enjoy the experience much, because I would have to keep turning my phone around to point it’s bottom end at the appliance I want to control.
But, hey; it is better than nothing; right?
I really do think that more smartphone brands should add the feature to their phones so more people can easily use their phone as a remote.
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Author:Mister Mobility
Digital Skills and Communication Coach | Mobile Phone Connoisseur since 2001 | Tech Blogging since 2004
